Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 16612
Social Security Benefits: Bank Services
Tabled: 27 November 2024
Answered: 4 December 2024
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the compatibility of plans to access to benefit claimants' bank accounts with existing (a) data protection restrictions and (b) human rights privacy rights.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Eligibility Verification Measure will not give DWP access to any bank accounts, nor any information as to what claimants spend their money on. The proposed new power instead helps verify benefit eligibility, using very limited information from banks a...
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